Outer frescoes
In blue.
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Voroneț Monastery is a small monastery in a green valley in northern Romania, its stone church sheltered by a wide, sweeping timber roof, and its outer walls entirely covered in colourful religious paintings dominated by an intense blue. Prince Stephen the Great built it in 1488 in about three months and three weeks to mark a victory at the Battle of Vaslui. It is called the «Sistine Chapel of the East» for its vivid frescoes, and its distinctive blue is known in Romania as «Voroneț blue». It is one of the Painted Churches of Moldavia on the UNESCO World Heritage List. It holds the tomb of Saint Daniil the Hermit, the monastery's first abbot. You walk round the church to see the paintings on every outer wall, and stroll the courtyard among the timber buildings and flowering gardens. It is about 4 km in a straight line south of Gura Humorului. Dress modestly, as nuns still live at the monastery.
In blue.
Sweeping wide.
And gardens.
Voroneț village, Gura Humorului, Suceava County
Modest clothes covering shoulders and knees.
Yes, Bukovina's other painted monasteries.